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SIMS v. BALKCOM

22438.

220 Ga. 7 (1964)

136 S.E.2d 766

SIMS v. BALKCOM, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 7, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. L. Hollowell, Howard Moore, Jr., Horace T. Ward, William H. Alexander, Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, for plaintiff in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney General, Albert Sidney Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, B. Daniel Dubberly, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Dewey Hayes, Solicitor General, contra.

DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

1. The writ of habeas corpus is never a substitute for a review to correct mere errors of law. McKay v. Balkcom, 203 Ga. 790 (48 S.E.2d 453), and cases cited therein. It is an available remedy to attack a void judgment. Fleming v. Lowry, 173 Ga. 894 (162 SE 144); Henson v. Scoggins, 203 Ga. 540 (47 S.E.2d 643); Coates v. Balkcom, 216 Ga. 564 (118 S.E.2d 376

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